Along the mountain ridges above Bab Al-Mandab — one of the arteries through which the modern world's commerce quietly flows — Yemeni government forces have spent four days refusing to yield ground to Houthi militia assaults. The struggle is not merely territorial; it is a contest over who controls the threshold between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and by extension, over the future shape of Yemen itself. Having already lost the port of Mokha and Perim Island, the government now holds the high ground in both the literal and symbolic sense, betting that terrain, local knowledge, and historic
Yemeni forces hold strategic Red Sea heights against Houthi assault
Houthi forces suffered heavy personnel losses and equipment damage during four days of intense fighting around Al-Madaribah.